Wool burring and picking machine



(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. H. FAULKNER.

. v WOOL BURRING AND PIOKING MACHINE.

No. 332,651. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 2. T.. H. FAULKNER.

WOOL BURRING AND PIGKING MACHINE. No. 332,651.

Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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,T. H. FAULKNER.

WOOL BURRING AND PIGKING MACHINE.

No. 332,651. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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(No Model.) 4 Shets -Sheet 4. TVH. PAULKNER.

WOOL BURRING AND PIGKING MACHINE.

No. 332,651. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HOPKINS FAULKNER,'OF MoMlNNVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WOOL BURRING AND PICKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332.651, dated December15, 1885.

lpplioation filed April 24, 1885. Serial No. 163,358. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. FAULKNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mo- Minnville, in the county of \Varren and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVoolBurring and Picking Machines, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of a burring-machine with my improvements attached. Fig. 2represents an elevation from the opposite side. Fig. 3 represents alongitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 represents a front elevation. Fig. 5is a detail of a portion of the main cylinder, showing one of'the bladesand the manner whereby the blade is secured to the cylinder My inventionrelates to machines for burring and picking wool; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and combination of devices, all of which I shallhereinafter describe and specifically point out in the claim.

It is well known to those skilled in the art that wool, after beingwashed, is matted together, and usually it has been subjected to apicking operation to open the wool previous to carding. In ordinarypickers the wool is torn and the fiber broken to a considerable extent;and the object of my invention is to separate the mass of wool with aslittle injury to its fiber as possible. These essential features areaccomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains,I will now proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried itout.

In the said drawings, A represents aframework of any suitableconstruction, and provided with an extension or table, A, within whichis mounted the roller a and a, around which is passed the endless apronb, which conveys the wool, cotton, or other fibrous material to thefeed-roller B. This feed-roller B has its entire surface covered with aseries of teeth, I), which pick or open the material and feed the sameto main picking-cylinder O. The feed-roller B has a shaft, b upon oneend of which is a pinion, b and upon the other end a gear-wheel, I),while grooved blocks 0,

moving in guides or standards 0, permit the feed-roller to have avertical movement to accommodate itself to any unevenness that may existin the body of the wool. The vertical movement of the feed-roll iscontrolled by bars D, the forward ends of which are pivoted in slottedstandards D, and thence passing through the slotted top of the guides cextend backward, are weighted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The material, after being acted on by the feed-roller, is caught by themain picker-cylinder O. This cylinder has a solid surface, and may bemade either of metal or wood, and at different points around itsperiphery are securely fastened strips or blades (1, having serrationsor teeth out thereon, said blades being held in place by screws d, asshown in Fig. 5. Beneath the cylinder 0, and concentric therewith, isarranged a grating, E, which consists of flanges e and transverse-spacedbars 0, between which the burrs, dirt, and other foreign material mayfall.

At the front of the machine, and directly beneath the feed table orextension A, is arranged a suction-fan, F, which communicates with theinterior of the frame at a point immediately beneath the curved gratingE. The purpose of this fan is to produce a strong suction of air, theair being drawn between the bars in the grating E, and allowing allparticles of dirt and other foreign substances to fall through by theirown gravitationinto the dirt-box, but being greatly assisted by thestrong blast of air produced by the fan, and I have found by actualexperiment that when the fan is located as herein shown and described Ihave been able to obtain better results, as it thoroughly prevents thesmaller particles of dust and dirt from going with the wool onto theburr-cylinder. The burring-cylinder G is mounted on a shaft, 9,journaled between the sides of the frame and immediately above thecylinder 0, and it has an adjustment toward or from this cylinder byreason of slots 9 and set-screwsg I prefer placing the bearing-cylinderG above and in close proximity to the main cylinder, as I have foundthis to be the most effectual place to locate it, from the fact that atthis point the material has less centrifugal tendency, hence theburr-cylinder G can keep the burrs back more easily and requiring lessspeed, the natural gravitation of the burrs. will pre'- vent them fromfollowing this cylinder,-which .lies slightly in advance of the centralvertical fan-frame is extended at its rear end and terminates in aspout, M, through which the cleaned wool is discharged, after it hasbeen taken from the burring-cylinder, by the brushes K. The fan-frame ispivoted at m, so that the discharge end may be raised or lowered todifferent inclinations. Directly behind the 'burring-cylinder andmounted in the frame is the stripper M, which assists in keeping thewool open and evenly distributed upon the burring-cylinder.

Secured on rear portion of the main frame A, and immediately beneath thedischargespont M, is a blower-fan, N, having a spout, n, whichcommunicates with interior of the machine and produces a strong currentof air, blowing against the burr-cylinder and directly under it, so asto prevent any dirt or burrs from following the burr-cylinder in itsrotation.

, Motion is-imparted to the various working parts of the machine throughapulley, 1, on the shaft 2, which carries the pinion and opcrates, thefeed-roll through the medium of the gear-Wheel b. A belt passing fromthe puliley l engages the pulley 3 onthe main shaft 4 and drives thecylinder 0, while another,

belt on apulley, 5, on the shaft 4 engages a pulley on the shaft 9 anddrives the burringcylinder G. A similar belt runs from theburring-cylinder shaft to the shaft of the fan brush and drives thelatter. A belt, m",passes from a pulley, m, on the shaft of the stripperM to a pulley, n, on the shaft of the blowerfan i and operates thelatter, while another belt, F, extends from a pulley on the shaft 2- toa pulley, F", on the suction-fan shaft an operates said fan. a

Having thus fully described my invention,v

whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the frame A, the'.

cylinder 0, and the burr-cylinder G, of a concentric grating, E,provided with transverse spaced bars 6', a suction-fan, F, at the frontof the machine and beneath the table, a fan, J, a fan-case provided witha discharge-flume, and a blower-fan, N, at the rear and immediatelybeneath the discharge-flame, substantially as herein described.

THOMAS HOPKINS FAULKNER.

Witnesses:

H. H; FAULKNER, J. M. CUNNINGHAM.

